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Originally Posted by VINMAN View Post
Its not even just the chainsaw itself..

People are clueless how much a tree limb can actually weigh, and the reaction and movement when it falls. Iv'e had many trees on houses, vehicles and people themselves. A few fatalities also.

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The only times I ever felled a tree w/out total topping when I was in the forest and had both a clear fall space and an escape route. I never felled w/out lopping off the limbs that would work against my notch. So many people fail to consider how limbs effect the way a tree will fall. Physics...it's real.
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